Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

 If you see your brother standing by the road

 With a heavy load from the seeds he sowed

And if you see your sister falling by the way

 Just stop and say "you're going the wrong way"

Chorus

 You've got to try a little kindness, yes, show a little kindness

 Just shine your light for everyone to see

 And if you try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindness

 Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

Verse

Don't walk around the down and out, lend a helping hand instead of doubt

 And the kindness that you show everyday will help someone along their way

Chorus

x2):

 You've got to try a little kindness, yes, show a little kindness

 Just shine your light for everyone to see

 And if you try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindness

 Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets